Title/occupation:
abbot of Arbroath
- Title type
- abbot of Arbroath
- From Source
-
3/524/4 (Arb. Lib., no. 82)
- Firm date
- 11 June 1208 X 20 August 1240
- Probable date
- prob. 1211 ×
- Dating Notes
- circa 19 Apr. 1224 × Dates based on Master Alexander as dean of Aberdeen. The terminus post quem comes from the last known attestation of Robert as dean; the terminus ante quem comes from Robert of Leicester’s first known attestation as dean. According to Watt, Alexander was not known as ‘Master’ until the mid-1220s (<em>Graduates</em>, 7-8).